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ID  372  -  Public access
Description :   Zoomorphic vessel. Two-fingered sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
Stratigraphic unit type:  Interment
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ID  375  -  Public access
Description :   UE088. Deposit of materials and bones in primary position, located at a depth of 2.80 m in the NE, NW and SW walls of the pit. The matrix is brown clay with reddish tones and some fine sands. The unit rests on a step carved into the geological substrate. It is U-shaped and has more or less pronounced dips along its perimeter. The portion of the unit that rests on the NW-NE wall is the one that has a greater dip, between 45º- 70º of inclination. In this sector were placed two individuals which were partially covered with pots. These appear fragmented, and like the human bones, they keep in sp...
Stratigraphic unit type:  Interment
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ID  376  -  Public access
Description :   Polychrome carinated jar with raised shoulders and long neck. White slip and decoration with alternate bands of red and purple.
Stratigraphic unit type:  Interment
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ID  377  -  Public access
Description :   Figurative cast gold pendant representing a two-headed bat flying. It was part of the mortuary ensemble of the I5 individual from tomb T2. The suspension ring is on the back of the pendant. Conte style. In the representation the twin heads play a prominent role, they have been represented with great liveliness: A short snout with open (and sunken) jaws with big sharp teeth, a nose with round orifices, a nasal leaf pointing upwards and slightly curved, two big spherical eyes and pointy ears. The necks spring out of a triangular body with a narrow wing membrane (patagium) that appears only in ...
Stratigraphic unit type:  Interment
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ID  384  -  Public access
Description :   Carinated closed bowl with double slip(red and white). Geometrical decoration of "yc" spirals.
Stratigraphic unit type:  Interment
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ID  385  -  Public access
Description :   Polychrome plate with thickened outer rim. Double slip (white on the obverse and red on the reverse) and decoration in alternating zigzagging bands of colors (red and purple).
Stratigraphic unit type:  Interment
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ID  388  -  Public access
Description :   EU106. Deposit of three rectangular-shaped osaments (I11, I12 and I13), oriented NW-SE, located at a depth of 3.60 (upper level) - 3.93 m (lower level) in the middle tank of the pit. It rests on it on an intermediate step. The bodies were placed in extended ventral decubitus with the heads facing SE. The surface of this unit is horizontal and has a dip of 35° NW to SE in its SE sector, next to the edge of the step. Some bones, furnishings and other elements of this deposit were found on a block of sediment that covers the deposits present on the third step (lower basement of the pit). The ma...
Stratigraphic unit type:  Interment
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ID  389  -  Public access
Description :   Breastplate of hammered and embossed gold alloy with the design of a supernatural being, representing a hybrid between squid and bird. Conte Style. The squid figure is the most immediate and it’s shown from a dorsal view. From the bottom up, we can see the triangular mantel with a rhomboidal fin attached to its lower half, the neck and the head with prominent round eyes and a large horny mouth in the shape of a parrot’s beak from which four arms come out (the other four cannot be seen) covered by round suckers. In the middle of its mantle there is a large triangle and another thirty-three...
Stratigraphic unit type:  Interment
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ID  392  -  Public access
Description :   UE134. Deposit of bones and bone structures (multiple burial), located at the lower level of the grave of tomb T2. Its morphology is square, delimited by the remains of a battery of posts. The matrix that surrounds it is a deposit of fairly organic dark grey earth, documented by the entire plant at the bottom of the grave. It has a medium-fine granulometry, with clays and limes. In certain areas accumulations of sand and small gravel appear. The compaction is medium. The fact that it is at a higher level compared to T1 means that the humidity of the water table affects it less. In the centre, ...
Stratigraphic unit type:  Interment
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ID  398  -  Public access
Description :   Cast gold figurative pendant which was part of the mortuary ensemble of the individual I9 of tomb T2. It is a two-headed male figure; he is nude and standing up holding a ceremonial shell trumpet with both hands. Conte Style. The two heads are joined by one of the ears and the end of the conical cap or headpiece with rhomboidal designs. Is has two rings for hanging on the rear side.
Stratigraphic unit type:  Interment
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